[F18] How do I set "browse" as the default open type in nautilus?

[Alan Cox]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:08:12 -0600
Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron at camerontech.com> wrote:

> Looks like Gnome is doing the same thing that Microsoft did after XP. I 
> can no longer set nautilus so that when I double click on a directory, 
> it opens up with the filesystem tree in the left pane, and the contents 
> of my directory in the right pane in *list* view. I used to be able to 
> set a checkbox for 'always open in browse mode" or something similar, 
> but I can't find that in F18 beta.
> 
> Is that option still around? Where is it hiding

I would try Cinnamon/Nemo to replace Gnome 3. If the specific thing you
want isn't in there talk to the maintainers because they've forked
Nautilus so they can make it usable again rather than living in the great
Gnome denial.

See

http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=247

Alan